2023 Bordeaux: 9 MUST-HAVE 2023 Bordeaux Wines!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, John Jackson, DipWSET a/k/a Attorney Somm discusses the 2023 vintage in Bordeaux. Attorney Somm also reveals 9 top 2023 Bordeaux wines for wine collectors who are thinking about purchasing 2023 Bordeaux in the 2023 en primeur or futures offering.
Wines discussed in this video include the following:
Pontet Canet
Lilian Ladouys
La Conseillante
Talbot
Mouton
Malartic-Lagraviere
Trotte Vieille
Las Cases
Clos du Marquis
Le Petit Lion
Lafite
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Many thanks for your insights on the ‘23 vintage. Our first grandchild was born in ‘23, so now begins the hunt for a wine to “put away” for her college graduation or other very special occasion.
That is terrific! Excellent idea! Large formats are also much easier to order now should you be interested in those.
This video on the 2023 Bordeaux en primeur is an absolute gem! The depth and extent of your analysis and insights truly brings this vintage to life, giving us all the essentials we need to know - including grape-growing problems and weather challenges - plus an excellent set of sound and exciting recommendations in order to make informed decisions in buying 2023 Bordeaux wines. So thrilled to see some favorite and beloved producers on your list including Malartic-Lagraviere, Las Cases, and Clos du Marquis. This is definitely a must-watch for all Bordeaux fans and wine enthusiasts, whether collecting or just buying the 2023 vintage now or in the years ahead. I’ll surely try to get my hands on some of the wines you mentioned here. Thank you, John, for yet another outstanding, useful and helpful wine video. You’re the absolute best! Cheers!
Thanks very much, Margaux! Very glad you enjoyed it! Appreciate the support and kind feedback! Hope you enjoy your weekend! Cheers!
@@AttorneySomm My pleasure, John! Thank you, too! Cheers to a wonderful weekend!
Well said Margaux 😉
@@mathieugendre2629 Thank you! 👍🍷
Attorneysomm turned me on to wine auctions and other awesome things in the world of wine, and for everyone out there who loves great Bordeaux, Hart Davis Hart is going live with an incredible auction of fine burgundy and Bordeaux this Friday. It’s fun as heck and easy to sign up!
They do a terrific job for sure!
Starting my Bordeaux journey with last year’s futures but this definitely gave a very good insight into 2023 and a name I didn’t even know about. Super excited. Great job!!
Thank you! Very glad it was useful. 👍
Thank you for the helpful views.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you kindly! Cheers!
Thanks for the useful info!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Got my hands on a couple of Pontet Canet futures this year as well. They surely deliver year after year and I think it's going to be a good idea being a returning customer. Pontet are going to become a legendary wine house if they keep this up
Thank you! Agreed. They have been making very high quality wines for a number of years now. Definitely some of the best quality and still very reasonable pricing.
Excellent video John ! PC is an extremely good recomendation, my only problem is that it is a wine of very slow evolution and prime time could be 20 or 25 years into the future and thats a very long time to wait. Many of us do not wish to continue to wait for decades for our wines to evolve and be ready. Maybe 10 or 15 years, but not a quarter of a century !
Thank you! Yes I understand! The 22 should be enjoyable in the shorter window.
Good insight! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure! Thank you kindly! Cheers!
Great review, thank you !
Thank you kindly! Cheers!
Merci! You are ON IT!
De rien! Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
PRECIOUS !!! Many thanks John for taking the time and making the effort to share these tasty (and timely) insights. As I mentioned before, lucky for me... our palates seem to align perfectly... HENCE, am on my PC looking at some of these Futures offerings !!!
So glad it was useful! Thank you for the kind feedback. Very much appreciated. Happy hunting!
I am so happy about this video. I love Bordeaux🍷 Thank you
My pleasure, Natasha! Very glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
I appreciate your video
Thank you! Glad to hear it. 👍🍷
Another great video John thank you for that. I love the way you go into depth and describe how the climate influenced the wine. Making this video not only informative but also educational. You have selected wines from different price ranges, great work there. Compliments!
Thank you! Appreciate the kind feedback! Cheers! So glad you enjoyed it! 👍🍷
This sounds very appealing and convincing!
Thank you! 👍🍷
Love the video and have purchased many of the wines. Just as a heads up Pichon Lalande is great at the price as well
Thank you! Yes, unfortunately I didn't have much information about that one at the time of publishing. Since that time, however, I tasted with Pichon Lalande's winemaker. He thinks that it has a lot of similarities to the legendary 1982. The price is definitely right as well.
Would love a similar video for Bordeaux Blanc! Love all the content!
Thank you kindly! Cheers!
I was hoping for this video from you! I am definitely eyeing Pontet Canet. I am also interested to see Grand Puy Lacoste when that comes out.
Thank you! Yes that one should be excellent too! 👍🍷
@@AttorneySomm I just saw that 2023 Léoville Barton futures are out for $80. That seems like a steal. Thoughts?
@@joeydecarlo2532 Agreed! The pricing wasn’t available last week when I recorded, but I agree that is a compelling price. Believe that it is their first vintage in the new winery as well.
Ur the best
Thank you kindly! Cheers!
I love how most wineries use “amphora” to show the relevance… great recommendations! again, prices of Bordeaux will further reduce, regardless of the future vintages.
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍🍷
Montrose is a must for me this year
An excellent choice! 👍🍷
Great video, we had some overlap in our wines to watch for the en primeur 2023 vintage. I had some wines on my list that i would love your input on. These are: chateau Cantemerle, Chateau Dalem, Chateau Branas Grand Poujeaux, Chateau Lynch-Moussas, Chateau Batailley. All of these received high praise while also having very affordable pricing.
Thank you! I have featured all of them except Branas Grand Poujeaux on this channel in the past. Those producers definitely do a good job and the prices are reasonable.
@@AttorneySomm thanks for the reply
@@martijnuij Any time! 👍🏼🍷
Good stuff, John. Unfortunately, I will pass on the 2023 for a number of reasons: anno domini, having just passed my 69th birthday; I have lots of claret from this recent fantastic run of vintages; '23 is, as you say, uneven; and it is not, so far as I can tell, an early maturing vintage. I might, however, buy a bottle or two or three of the 2016 Cantemerle, which I can pick up for £32 per bottle, which seems a decent price for such a year.
I will probably open a 2014 Beaumont tomorrow to go with the roast lamb. It is drinking beautifully right now.
Thanks, again.
Thank you, Steven. Yes that makes sense. Definitely not a vintage to enjoy early.
Great review as always! Prices for first growths are coming down! Did lafite and mouton impress you the most? What were your thoughts on Margaux and HB? Not as impressive? I’m definitely trying to get some FGs for the first time.
Thank you!!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I published this video before the HB and Margaux were released so I wasn't sure what the pricing would be and did not want to include all four First Growths that sell en-primeur in this video, so I went with Lafite and Mouton. HB is excellent too - potential 100 point scores from Decanter, Jane Anson and The Wine Independent for HB. And I see it for $424, which is pretty fair. Between the four, I would rank the Margaux 4th even though it is also stellar. That one sells for about $500.
@@AttorneySomm ahhh that makes sense. I might go with lafite just cos it is the most well known and possibly either mouton or HB just for a second one as the prices tend to be almost the same. Margaux is about 70-80 more but it could also be WOTV for left bank🤔
hello. great video. I have never bought futures. this will be my first year. can you please suggest 2-3 to buy as likely the best of 2023. Thanks
Thanks very much! Several of the wines discussed in this video with potential 100 point scores are definitely among the wines of the vintage, along with Haut-Brion and Montrose.
From the critics that I follow(my preferences line up closely with their palate), Margaux, Pauillac & St Emilion(expensive Pomerols/1st & 2nd Growths) were the best areas.
If I were starting a collection, 2023(and 2021, which received nice upgraded scores recently) is Really cheap, compared to back vintages of 2009-2022. As you said, "Strict Selection is Required", but this seems to be a "classic" Bordeaux vintage. They are not the blockbusters of the great vintages between 2009-2022. Similar to XLNT Sonoma Cabs vs Napa.
If you're a Cal Cab drinker, St Emilion is the closest. Laroque, Sansonnet & Tour Saint Christophe should be less than $40. Pauillac is the most Classic smell & flavor. Batailley was 40% cheaper than the price of 2022($60+), at $35. The tastes of the different regions(appellations) are similar to Stags Leap vs St Helena vs Howell Mtn. Bordeaux is just more Cerebral.
I'd wouldn't go nuts. 3-6 bottles of a couple of wines in each different appellation in your price range, and 3 bottles of 2021s, would suffice, starting in 7-10 years, & CORRECT storage!
Thank you for weighing in! Excellent thoughts. I definitely enjoy a number of the names you mention as well and have featured them in other videos. Definitely agree re pricing too. And I do enjoy more restrained vintages with higher acidity too.
Whats your oppinion about pedesclaux 2020? im waiting for the ripening
I’d probably give it at least a couple more years. Should be ready with a healthy decant (1 hour plus) after that if you like them young.
Im not a sucker for the younger wines. im more into the ripened wines, with alot complexity. but the question was more about your opinion, on that speciffic wine and vintage.?
@@The1stHannibal-ex5fo I think it’s a solid effort that will be an enjoyable wine with more time. If it was my bottle I’d give it at least 5-7 more years.
Thanx! Mr. Sophistication. Cheers!
What online retailers do you use and/or trust to purchase unreleased Bordeaux? PREMIUM GRANDS CRUS?
I have not ordered from PGC yet. You might consider K&L, Hart Davis Hart or Millesima. Total wine also has a concierge email mailing list that sells many of them as well and which only requires 50% down with the rest due once you take delivery, which is a very nice option to have.
I’m curious, have you tasted any of your recommended 2023 Bordeaux en premier?
Great question. Normally in my videos I have tasted the vast majority of the wines. For this video, that is not the case. I was not able to make it to en primeur this year so I did the video based on research and prior experience with the producers. Hopefully it is still useful. Cheers!
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Sounds terrific! Interested to hear what you order.
I will …I am planning to order no more then 3-6 bottles of each
@@sanjaypatelmd4669 Sounds terrific! A good approach.
The answer until now is better buy 19/20
Those are excellent vintages for sure. I’ve recommended a number of wines from both vintages.
Both excellent vintages for sure.
My good sir! Please do the impossible and tell us what your favorite Bordeaux region is. I know, I know, probably several, for several different reasons. But, if you had to pick one with a gun to your head, which would it be? I will go first. Probably no surprise. Pauillac. But Pessac is a very tight second
Thanks! Great question! Yes, I tend to agree with you. Pauillac would be first. Pessac probably second. On the right bank, I enjoy Pomerol a lot.
@@AttorneySomm all right! There we go
Is 2023 Mouton Rothschild a good buy at $438+ tax
Yes that is the price that I saw as well when I was doing my research.